The British Atlantic Slave Trade and Indian Cotton Textiles: The Case of Thomas Lumley & Co

Kazuo Kobayashi ()
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Kazuo Kobayashi: The University of Tokyo

Chapter Chapter 3 in Modern Global Trade and the Asian Regional Economy, 2018, pp 59-85 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This article addresses the role of Indian cotton textilesIndian cotton textiles as one factor in the rapid growth of the British Atlantic slave tradeAtlantic slave trade in the century before the abolition of the trade in 1807. The Anglo-African trade statistics compiled by Marion Johnson opened our eyes to the important role of re-exports of Indian cotton textiles in the slave trade. I have therefore used the records of the London merchant Thomas Lumley to draw an accurate picture of the commercial networksNetworks that led from India via Britain to West and West-Central AfricaAfrica . As a result, I have been able to map the trade routes followed by Indian cottons, examine the Asian dimension of the British Atlantic slave trade, and highlight the regional differences in consumer demand for Indian textiles in pre-colonial West and West-Central Africa.

Keywords: Atlantic slave trade; West Africa; West-Central Africa; Indian cotton textiles; Networks; Note (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-0375-3_3

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